A gap between acceptance and knowledge of herbal remedies by physicians: The need for educational intervention

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Clement, Yuri N ^a   Williams, Arlene F ^a   Khan, Kristi ^a   Bernard, Tricia ^a   Bhola, Savrina ^a   Fortuné, Maurice ^a   Medupe, Oneil ^a   Nagee, Kerry ^a   Seaforth, Compton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF MEDICATION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; POPULUS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POPULUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 28344449624     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-5-20     Document Type: Article

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